Here are my giant bugs: giant cicada, giant wasp, giant cricket, giant longhorn beetle, giant bee, and giant wasp. Ok, these aren't bugs. They are insects. Odd Animal Specimens
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IVE SEEN A TARANTULA HAWK IN PERSON!!! When I was like 6 or 7 I was in the car with my family near the Grand Canyon and saw one buzz along between some cars just ahead of me. I thought I was hallucinating or that it was one of those giant mosquitoes from the the original Jamanji movie. I was frozen in fear. I think that’s where my phobia of bees, wasps, and all fast flying or stinging insects came from
I haven’t but when I lived on a farm a while ago and there was a baboon spider that live just outside my room. And this was a beefy bich!!! And I loved her but then a a month pasts bye sins I saw her then one day I went to see her as usual but was met bye the biggest wasp I have seen in a while and. Oh the terror. It was dragging my precios baboon spider to her nest And that day was when the war started Rip baboon
Its ugly as fuck, its like hell shat on a plate, gave it legs and wings and, just for the sake of it, made it so big that it has to be called a tarantula hawk
@@SuperAlphaKirby a lot of people disagree which is fine, i get why you think its beautiful but im scared af for almost all things with more than 4 legs
@@SuperAlphaKirby I am scared of insects with stingers, but I can agree with that. Most derpy idiots would be male Cicada killers, have gone to a garden up north of where I live where cicada killers commonly frequent every year. The males being brutally territorial but not being able to harm you so they just dive bomb your legs with a flying headbutt is just hilariously dumb.
You forgot to mention the nightmarish nature of the tarantula hawks name. These bugs actively HUNT tarantulas, bait them out of their dens for a DEATHMATCH where they sting the underbelly of the spider. This paralyses the large spider within 1-2 seconds, as it’s dragged back into the spider’s OWN BURROW, where the hawk lays eggs INSIDE its back and it’s young eat the tarantula while it’s STILL ALIVE and incapable of moving.
I mean the fact that all they did to design cazadores is just make the tarantula hawk bigger I think tells you how terrifying it is. Hell u think making it bigger makes it LESS scary because at least then you can shoot it
An interesting fact about the cazadores that not a lot of people know is that they weren't originally supposed to move as erratically as they do in the game. It was a bug. But when Josh Sawyer saw it, he was like: "Oh yeah, that's better than what I had in mind. Keep it this way."
I have considered going to the grand canyon in the past. After witnessing the most terrifying unit of a wasp ever I believe I will now find somewhere else to visit.
I've always been freaked out by cicadas with the loud noises they make as well as their big beady eyes. I had no idea there was a giant version of them.
"The flamethrower was not made for war, nay, it was made to protect us from wasps." "If a wasp normally stings you to be a dick, a tarantula hawk stings you to watch you suffer to satisfy its own pleasure."
I was stung by a tarantula hawk when I was 8 or 9. I remember the pain fading a lot quicker than I thought it would. It wasn't that bad despite being a hot, throbbing pain that I could feel on one whole half of my upper back where it stung me. There are 2 species that I know of in California, Pepsis Thisbe and Pepsis Mildei. I don't know much about Thisbe's sting, but I've read that a Mildei sting apparently only lasts 5 minutes and I assume that means it's what stung me as a kid. It's either the species I was stung by had a weaker sting than others, or the sting is overhyped by the Schmidt Sting Index. Edit: Just learned that the 5 minute sting pain duration is for the Pepsis genus as a whole. I'd like to see sting characteristics of different species studied more, but I assume no one is willing to get stung for science. I'd do it if it paid well. I would write detailed reports of every aspect of each sting because current records are extremely lacking in my opinion and I think the Schmidt index is kind of shit anyway.
@@isolated_illust My condolences to whoever was close, but that doesn't change my opinions on the sting index. Credit where credit is due, he did this all on his own. But one man's personal experience is not nearly in depth enough to rival a more organized and detailed study. This just happens to be a subject not many who have the resources necessary are willing to study due to the nature of the work involved.
@@personageneratorwell said. Although I have no experience with getting stung (save for yellow jackets and some ants) I agree with you. One mans experience cannot replace a study on many
hey i know that the main focus of this channel is education and talking about the individual specimens and all that, but do you think you could a video on how to prepare specimens? be it wet specimens, drying, dyeing or pointing insects i still think it would be really cool and educational content also while i'm here, birds 5-3-19
@@Get_Splooshed animal preservation interesting as hell I tried to do it with a mouse that died of starvation in my garage, but the bones were too thin during the fleshing stage
I actually have a tarantula hawk outside my house. They are very big and terrifying non the less. I casually see them here and there dragging tarantulas they paralyzed along the bushes. I don’t like tarantulas crawling in my house so I just t let the little demon do it’s thing. I’ve also heard they are not aggressive towards humans they only attack if they feel endangered. It’s been five years now and I’ve only seen it like about six times. I’m just hoping I don’t get stung by one.
15:01 YOU KNOW I WAS LITERALLY THINKING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF Having nightmares🛌 about the insect's🦗🐝 that i just saw in this video and the fact that you even brought it up was little bit funny
I absolutely love carpenter bees and the attention they're getting lately. I had one make a burrow in a tree in front of my apartment. It was so cute watching it work and fly around. It looked almost like it trusted me.
One time, my girlfriend and her roommates built a tiny wooden house for some carpenter bees on their porch. They ended up accosting anybody on the porch and would sting anyone that got too close to the house. They also destroyed my wooden swing set when I was a kid, and harassed me every time I tried to get on the swing.
The skunk is white with black stripes. If you look closely you can see that there is a part right above it's hind legs on it's back where there is a two white "pockets" of white fur, the leftmost in the first shot of it is weakly connected with some of the other white, but the right one is like a spot and not a stripe. Also if you want to see the stripes they go as follows, 1: starts at it's head and goes down the middle to the base of it's tail, 2 and 3: connect by the head and go down their respective sides of it's back and then towards it's stumache, and 4: Is a stripe on it's tail. that's my take on it at least. Love your videos btw, thank you for showing us all of these amazing animals! :D
I just saw a tarantula hawk about two weeks ago outside of my office in Chandler, AZ. It was the most massive flying insect I've ever seen. It was like a small bird. It was almost unbelievable it was so large.
I'm intrigued to hear your thoughts on 'if insects feel pain', I had a lecture on the topic this week relating to pain and nociception, investing what a fly does when being eaten as it continues the same behaviour even after the cerebral ganglion has been removed indicating they can't feel pain' however it's a difficult one as it almost seems like a stress or flight response to begin with which could be pain. I just wondered if you had any thoughts on that since you're around the animals so much
They’re not only in the Grand Canyon, They’re all over Arizona. Born and raised in AZ and Out of all the the creatures that want to sting or bite you, ive always been scared of these guys…
man seeing those things gives me ptsd from my time in the mojave, i was jumped by 6 of them things while i was leaving goodsprings heading down to the strip
i have to say unfortunately living in Arizona ive seen 1 tarantula hawk in my life, and it flew into my grandmas house. Im already deathly afraid of wasps/bees in general so i ran and like the brave woman she is, beat it with a broom till it was nothing but a gross looking spot on the floor.
bees are very good for the environment, they CAN sting, but they only sting in self defense, wasps are a bit more aggressive but as long as you steer clear from them, you're fine, leave them bee.
I remember the last periodic cicadas. I wasn't very old, still in my single digits I think and I'm 34 now so we're over-due for it again. But they were EVERYWHERE. There were literally clouds of them in air and everywhere you looked there were either cicada skins or cicadas themselves. The moment you opened the door and walked outside at least 5 landed on you.
oh man I love insects sooooooooooooo much.i recently found out your yt channel and im OBSESSED with your videos,you know there arent many yt channels that talk about insects and i was soo happy when i discovered your channel, so if i had to choose the next animal id choose Insects 17-07-08 btw your content is amazing but do you stream or something?
Me, who watched till the end: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
lovely video! I like how you're really passionate about all of them. Here in Argentina we have Tarantula Hawks, we call them Matacaballos who translates literally to "horse killer"
I' saw a couple of the giant cicadas, maybe not that exact specie, in Texas years ago. Most they had were bright green but the big ones were dark brown/black and red and much more rare.
Not sure about a giraffe and elephant, but currently no preserved entire blue whales exist sadly. The most famous example of anything preserved of a blue whale is a massive 440 pound blue whale heart. It broke the news with how hard it was to preserve it. He might have a piece of preserved blue whale skin, but not at all a full blue whale as nobody has managed to preserve such a massive carcass before. I highly doubt fully preserved carcasses of elephants and giraffes have been managed either.
@@cabriskus4700 ...What’s the joke here? What’s the punchline? You can call anything you want a joke but if it doesn’t even sound like a joke it’s not one. + it’s incredibly hard to read tone through text. It’s weird to come at someone so aggressively considering you can’t really know for sure when people say things on the internet.
Dude the Hercules Beetle is like a super heavy beetle that is considered the biggest insect or beetle. I was guessing that before you revealed the fat cricket 💀 Edit: can you do a review of hawk moths cus they are super scary. I hate moths but I would like to see you review moths.
Yeah I seen those tarantula hawks around where I live. And delicate? I guess maybe those preserved ones, but I pulled a drowned one out of a pool once tried stepping on it and that suckered supported my full wait even with a slight spin and it seemed to only lose a wing.
I once stepped on a live one and it not only supported my full wait ...wait, I mean weight, but it took of flying with me on its back. We then crashed through a stone wall, I hurt my head and fell off, but the wasp kept on going, whistling 'Kung Fu Fighting' while it flew off into the sunset. I'll never forget that, what a tough insect.
Hi! New Zealander here, almost got offended when you said the weta (pronounced wet-tuh) was from Australia 😂 (because Australia gets credited for eeeeverything!) Awesome video!
Lived in southern California for most my life and tarantula hawks were a normal sight. It was only a few years ago I found out their sting is the like the second worst in the insect kingdom. These things hunt tarantulas for their babies.
Really clean longhorn section, very impressive run. Shame about the new Zealand timeloss, if you look at the SOB there's still a lot of time left to save
I live in India and have long horn beetle in my childhood.....it has some powerful hooks on its legs. If it land on you and u suddenly try to remove it, it will tear up ur flesh. May be that's where I got my beetle phobia from☠️
I'm 13 and I've always wanted to be an entomologist. Its so cool to see these specimens. I'm also glad it makes 2 of us that we know that arachnids are not insects! I have a question too? Do you have Goliath Beetles or Tailless Whip Scorpions? I know that they get HUGE too!
Wow! You're a genius! You know that arachnids aren't insects! Almost everyone knows that, don't get arrogant about having knowledge about basic biology.
Is this taken from a livestream? I would love to watch your livestream if its like this bcs its chill, fun, and relaxing Edit: stop with the amogus guys😭😭
The worst pain Ive experienced from a single insect was a queen swedish bålgeting, directly translated bonfirehornet, who was hiding in a boot i put on. The sting was in my toe and it pretty much emptied all its venom into my foot. I had pains shooting from my toe up to my navel in jolts, as if could feel my nerves transmit the pain, if that makes any sense, for about 4-5 hours, and it was full blast all the time.. Safe to say i always shake my boots and step on the toe part before i put then on nowadays. Although a Swahn of bees and pants slipping up when i was collecting honey was even wires since it made my feet swell up like ballons for 3 days and as if they were being scallded with a hot iron constantly
The giant weta is almost extinct today but if you take a look at old pictures of them you really see how big they could get. The one you had there was a tiny one.
you make the looking and leanrning about dead things so much fun! it's like watching deadpool doing the same with his weapon collection. I love it! So much energy, so much fun !
I've seen 2 of the insects you showed in the wild. Saw Acrocinus longimanus years ago in Mexico. Awesome beetle. Saw huge cicadas in Borneo on short term mission trips. One longhorned beetle that you could have shown is Titaneus giganteus. At least as impressive as the 2 biggies you showed.
Now, as alone in my opinions as I may be ... I think wasps are wonderful! They're scary sometimes if they fly by your head or if you did something to upset them (aka. they start getting defensive), but otherwise they're just nice little buzzy guys and gals. Even the yellowjackets near me can be very sweet - it's just that they're quick and assertive, so they seem intimidating. But that behavior means they're outgoing enough to fly right up to me and eat honey off my bare fingertips! Paper wasps are also lovely, but much more reserved and shy (usually). Reluctant to sting in my experience, so long as they aren't being threatened heavily. It took me a while to gain trust with the hives near me, but once I did, they're similar - crawl right onto my hand, lap up honey from my fingers. One of my girls had so much honey she got tired, and decided to take a little nap on my finger! I took a video of it that I love. Really though, if you ever consider observing wasps more closely to try and lose your fear of them (which I recommend you do, unless you have a severe allergy!), the common denominator is a love for food. Sweet foods for adults such as honey and nectar (they also appreciate water), and animal protein like caterpillars or raw meats for the larvae. They are honestly such beautiful, intelligent and interesting animals; they're just misunderstood and maligned a lot. And they will remember you for better or for worse, so get on their good side and you have a new colony of friends!
I dont know how you came by this amazing natural history collection.. But you are incredibly lucky bro.. Most people will never get to enjoy Seeing a tiny fraction of the creatures you have..ill bet a large percentage of your specimens are Very rare or extcinct(sp?)..i spent years exploring museum collections as a kid while my dad worked on his entomologu phd..Thank you for making these great videos bro- they are becoming my favorite on youtube!
If the second insect was talking about the heaviest ever, than i’m pretty sure that the 3 foot long dragonfly “Meganeura” would be heavier. (it’s extinct by the way)
1. Sadly it might not count bc he is probably talking specifically extant but ya probably 2. I'm pretty shure millipedes aren't incects (I'm not good with invertebrates) but if they are, I'd say arthropleura would be allt bigger You are likely very right though
@@areallyshortbrontothere you're right on them not being insects as insects typically have compound eyes, 6 legs and 2 sets of wings. Though the wing thing is variable (i.e elytra and halteres) and sorry for responding to your comment after 5 months I know you wouldn't even remember commenting that, but I just thought I'd say something
Actually the largest bee species is the Wallace's Giant Bee but they’re extremely rare, actually recently rediscovered which is cool so you probably wouldn’t have a specimen to show…
For the people who are scared of the tarantula Hawk they do sting but they actually don't sting humans unless hardly provoked as humans are not on their menu as in the name they hunt tarantulas by paralyzing them with their stinger and laying their eggs in them which the babies eat the insides of the tarantula and grow inside the tarantula then come out and live their life. You can confirm this as my dream is to be a entomologist and this is a fact. Because of this, you don't have to worry about the tarantula hawk as you wont be stung unless hardly provoked:)
Weta can be terrifying. I once got home from school, let out a sigh of exhaustion, and noticed a scratching sound from my right shoulder. Looked to the right, and there was a Weta on the strap of my bag. I just calmly put my hand between it and my face, and bitch slapped that sucker into the wall, where he exploded. Poor bastard. Another one was hiding on the inside of the curtain on my door, and when I reached over to open the door, it reached out with a forelimb and scratches my arm, making me bleed. Those claws are no joke. Sharp as razor blades.
As soon as I saw those amber wings I had flashbacks to north of Goodsprings, clinging to the walls with my varmint plinker praying they wouldn't figure out pathing...
There’s nothing like the thrill of seeing a tarantula hawk crawling out of a hole and buzzing around while you’re taking a stroll through the wilderness without having even heard or seen one before. I got tf out of there in a snap. Turned around and ran in the direction opposite of this fucking wasp, got in my car and drove past the speed limit all the way home. I watched Coyote Pete’s video that night where he stung himself with one of these and didn’t have a good night’s sleep. I was not settled to say the least
Tarantula Hawk's are fairly common around where I am, the way they let their legs dangle as they fly makes them look so much bigger, it's horrific in a very neat way
One of my grandpas rest in peace used to collect the Bugs and insects like scorpions and even lizzards I used to think it was so cool so I started to do the same until my mom caught me and made me stop that habit
I live in the southwest where Tarantula Hawks live and they're one of my favorite insects! They use their venom to incapacitate tarantulas to lay their eggs, so they don't feel keen on stinging humans, unlike wasps who defend nests. They fly a bit chaotic like carpenter bees but yeah, pretty awesome insects!
i’ve lived my entire life and traveled ti the grand canyon several times blissfully unaware that i was in the very state home to the tarantula hawk. terrific.
Did you appear on a video about Redwoods vs Giant Sequoias? I used to show it to my 7th graders and it was so well done. Do any of your videos introduce where you work/where these specimen collections reside?
